Recently, the 2024 Chinese National Team Public Welfare Service Campaign – Olympic Athletes Entering Campus, hosted by the Equipment Center of the State Sports General Administration, came to Central China Normal University. Four athletes, Olympic diving champion Quan Hongchan, Olympic weightlifting champion Liu Huanhua, Olympic boxing champion Li Qian, and world badminton champion He Bingjiao, had close interactions with more than 4,000 teachers and students, sharing their experiences of hard work and promoting the spirit of Chinese sports.
Peng Shuangjie, President of Central China Normal University, expressed his warm welcome and sincere gratitude to the Chinese national team’s public welfare service campaign for entering the campus of Central China Normal University. He said that in recent years, students from China Normal University have repeatedly achieved great results in domestic and foreign sports events, which fully demonstrates the results of the school’s integration of sports people, sports and education. This event is not only a huge boost to the school’s sports work, but also a profound education for all teachers and students. I hope that all students can draw on the spiritual strength of perseverance and courage to challenge from the Olympic athletes, actively participate in physical training and sports undertakings, and shoulder the responsibility of building a strong sports country.
Yu Jianyong, director of the Equipment Center of the General Administration of Sport, said that college time is an important stage for learning skills and forming outlook on life and values. He hopes that the event can pass on the Olympic spirit to every student, not only in the field of sports, but also in learning, scientific research, Social practice, life and other aspects show the character of continuous improvement and courageous striving for the first place. The Equipment Center of the General Administration of Sport presented award-winning uniforms signed by athletes to China Normal University, and issued commemorative certificates to the teachers and students who served the Paris Olympics. Teachers and students of the school presented calligraphy works to the athletes and organized cultural and sports performances.
Later, the four athletes shared the honors and hardships in their sports careers. Boxer Li Qian competed in the Olympics three times and finally won a gold medal in Paris. She hopes to become a coach in the future and train more Olympic champions for the country. Quan Hongchan, a diver, went from “not daring to look down” when she first stepped on the diving platform to practicing the amazing “splash disappearing technique”. The secret is to “continuously practice and form muscle memory”. At the same time, it encourages those who train in sports schools. Teenagers “come on”. Badminton player He Bingjiao admitted that she has experienced low periods in her sports career: “I believe that as long as you persist and don’t give up, you will get through it. After you cross the ‘bottleneck’, you will find that your technical level will be greatly improved.” Big improvement.” Liu Huanhua, an athlete of the national weightlifting team, reviewed his experience competing across five levels in the past three years. Especially during the preparations for the Asian Games and the Olympics, he faced the weight challenge and stepped up training without slacking off. The athletes’ candid and sincere sharing allowed the audience to see the tenacity and hard work behind the championship honors.
In the championship interactive session, four Olympic athletes played a fun game of “you draw and I guess” with students from China Normal University. The lively and interesting imitation and the tacit cooperation attracted bursts of cheers from the audience, showing their youthful vitality.
In the badminton exhibition match, teachers and students from China Normal University competed with Olympic athletes. Both sides interacted with each other and cooperated tacitly, and the atmosphere reached a climax.
This event is held at East China Normal University and is the fourth stop of the Chinese national team’s public welfare service campaign in 2024. The Olympic athletes conveyed the sports spirit of hard work and never giving up, stimulated the public’s interest in sports, and promoted the Chinese sports spirit throughout society.
(Reporter Gu Ning Zou Li)
Editor: Lu Qiuping
Reviewer: Dong An
